The Biology program offers courses to meet the needs of three groups of students: science transfer/pre-medicine students, health occupations transfer students, and students who are not majoring in the sciences, but who need science courses for graduation. BIOL& 221 (Majors Ecology/Evolution) is the entry course for most science transfer students. Completion of BIOL& 222 and BIOL& 223 will then allow transfer with a complete year of biology credit, and will lead to an Associate of Arts and Sciences or an Associate of Science degree. BIOL& 211 (Majors Cellular) is the entry course for most health occupations transfer students. Most health occupations students take BIOL& 231, BIOL& 232 and BIOL& 260. Students interested in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy should consult the Biology flow chart Acrobat PDF Reader Icon and meet with an advisor to determine the appropriate course sequence. Non-major courses offered by the Biology Department are BIOL& 100, BIOL 105, BIOL 106, BIOL 107, BIOL 130, BIOL 147, BIOL& 170, and BIOL& 175; BOT 113 and BOT 115D; and Environmental Studies ENVS& 100, ENVS& 101 and ENV S 167.

Students pursuing an undergraduate (baccalaureate) degree in Biology have a broad variety of career options. They may eventually work in field or laboratory research or consulting, teach secondary level biology, pursue further academic work in the biological sciences (masters or doctorate degree), or enter medical, dental or veterinary school.